Sports wagon Honda Accord 2.2 i-DTEC Type S

The Accord is a sporty, drawn from business combination of Honda and since 2011 also available with a 180 hp diesel engine. I was with the Accord Type S 2.2 i-DTEC for 2 weeks on the road!

Dynamic appearance despite Tourer form

The shapes of the Accord are dominated by sharp edges that give the car a lot of momentum. In the Type-S version, there are also a few more visual upgrades. Most of all I am clearly the exterior back flat tapered windows (privacy glass is a must) and the 18-inch aluminum wheels fallen. Due to its size and the extent of the abnormality Tourer falls on much less, everything looks a bit sportier. Overall, I find the current black / silver rims Honda Collection extremely smart, as it did in the Insight last fall. Where the tail and especially the tail lights did not really lose her appearance earlier years, the front is, however, just like the headlamps, drawn very flat. My test car was painted in "Forged Silver Metallic", but certainly not everyone's color, chrome accents on the grille and the front windows go great with it. From a few meters distance reminded me of the Accord Tourer from the side of the rough shapes her something. Combination of the Opel Insignia, the big difference and optical advantage of the Accord but its much sharper and her contours

Interior

There is space inside a lot, anyway, front and rear, it can also be pleasant to sit third. With the legroom in the back seat of the Accord, however, was not so good points, such as the recently introduced Subaru Legacy wagon. Is especially cool that the pillar trim and headliner are held in sporty black. The Type S trim level also brings chic half-leather sports seats with red stitching, which provide a fairly good lateral support. I also noticed a positive shift of the 6-speed transmission. It is surprisingly small and has a metal "head" in the block diagram is engraved. This feels when shifting or hand lying on something "mechanical" and "closer to the engine" as the usual plastic covers. Contributes to the sporty atmosphere and the subtle red lighting in footwell, the light incident on the metal pedals.

Combined usual can be in any amount zuladen Accord, the chic chrome studded landing edge of the trunk you have to like something to watch. The Accord wagon was so far my first test car with automatic tailgate - the feature is still in everyday life much more practical than I suspected. In the first place, not because you had the power to close the damper saves, but does not dirty the fingers, especially in winter!Is the rear cap smeared neat in winter salt road conditions, it can be simply by pressing in the driver's door open button on the remote control or another knob on the tailgate and close - a feature that I would necessarily to configure me.

Equipment and technology

The Accord brings in the higher trim levels with some convenience functions and features. The automatic high beam is coupled to the bi-xenon headlights. You ride on a country road with no oncoming traffic, the Accord will automatically switch to full light output - in this case the advantage of the Bi-Xenon headlights are pleasant light change. (Also, the high beam is xenon light). Also on board is a (static) Headlight (Halogen), which illuminates the corresponding side when cornering or the indicator has been.This is especially handy when parking: If one into reverse, both sides headlights are turned on. What would be nice in the next generation model, and thus would be an adaptive active steering-linked xenon light as the Citroen DS5 .

The cruise control is, as usual, Honda, operated using the buttons on the right side of the steering wheel.The switch for additional safety systems like LKAS and ACC are, if the security package is available at the right of the steering wheel. Unfortunately, it also has the Accord the cruise donated a digital speed display, so you have to set the desired speed is always after the "normal" speedometer and can not directly dial "120". The multifunction steering wheel is in itself perfect, it is easy to grip great, the height and depth and looks in the Type S - Version plus fabulous. An even better convenience, there are behind the wheel of the new CR-V, which will surely keep you soon in the new generations of other Honda models collection.

Just one of the two weeks of testing with the Accord, it was finally warm. This means that temperature control of the interior of the 2-zone automatic climate control. She has a lot of power and cools the interior of the Tourer's pretty fast, but responding for my taste a little more sensitive to sun. The falls as particularly when driving on a mountain highway with a tunnel - bridge-tunnel - Go on. Once it is something light, the fan turns up relatively strong, it is dark or cloudy contrast to little more cool air is blown. Automatic, sun-dependent regulation should be adapted here. Of course, you can manually adjust the fan speed also classic.

The screen of the navigation system, but that is quite dusty technically as the Insight is super centrally controlled by the joystick can be positioned high up and well abelesbar in any situation. About him the image of the rear view camera is displayed, but not necessarily to be ordered because of the good overview of the Accord. Park Distance Control, incidentally, also visually displayed in the multifunction display in the speedometer. The premium sound system that includes a subwoofer in the trunk, and produces a great sound but is also detailed einpegelbar. If one has not a smartphone or similar as the audio source that can be connected to the USB or AUX Anschuss in the storage compartment under the center armrest, one can resort to the 6-disc CD changer back, the swallows and MP3 CDs, and relatively draughty works. Secret highlight of the Infotainment system or on the center console: the processing. The black front to the Temperatur-/Senderanzeige is rough and thick and feels less like the case of a high quality DSLR camera.

Assistance Systems

Particularly great in the Accord are the Gadges assistance systems, which he in the optional " Advanced Safety package brings. " The Accord was the first vehicle from Honda's fleet that the systems has been awarded. The safety package consists of three systems: One ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control), which can have a set distance to the vehicle ahead using a radar sensor that hides behind the Honda emblem, keeps constant and autonomous braking, the system LKAS (Lane Keeping Assist System) that corrective engaged when leaving the lane to the steering and the CMBS (Colision Mitigation Braking System), a Brake Assist, radar-based event of an imminent collision with the vehicle in front warns optically and acoustically and can brake to a stop. It is noteworthy that these systems have been available for a few years at Honda, there are some manufacturers that furnish so far not even their top models at least a distance cruise control (ACC)! Since the latest model generation of the Honda CR-V, the security systems are available in Honda's popular SUV. 

Unfortunately my Accord test car had the security package is not on board, so I could not test in detail the technical intricacies of the systems - an illustrated overview of all functions I have but to me last fall in the new Honda CR-V can provide . In this article, the individual helpers are explained in detail. Although the Advanced Safety package costs a rich supplement of nearly 2,500 EUR, it's just for long distance drivers to recommend it because of the adaptive cruise control.

2.2 i-DTEC and handling

The 180-hp diesel is available in connection with the execution in the Accord Type S, in contrast to the other engines just a manual 6-speed automatic is the most powerful diesel available. The 2.2 liter engine accelerates in 8.6 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h up to 217 km / h, the maximum torque is 380 Nm.

The diesel runs pretty cultured in the Accord, the relatively high power of 180 hp is very noticeable. Even compared to the "normal" 150 hp variant, the 30 hp make more quite noticeable. The diesel motor is brought to the asphalt via the front axle and the 18 inch wheel with a width of 235 mm. Make city sprints with him fun when you slightly higher turns him even more - and not even at the expense of efficiency, as you will read below. Close Saturday 19:48 clock, fast yet sprint to the supermarket, load up the trunk, small parts well against flying around in fast cornering secure (there is the double bottom, but unfortunately no network), tailgate electronically: Classical household task for him leave to look cool on the supermarket parking lot and back! If there is to go on trips is a specialty of the Accord Type the highway. In the categories of road holding, stability, elasticity and (electro-mechanical) steering it is simply the best on motorways. I'm with the Accord on a distance of some 60 kilometers neat "full throttle" down what else I rarely do and usually do not need - like he was just wonderful controllable on the track. With long stretches of highway curves are also approximately 200 km / h relaxed passable. The chassis is tuned just right for my taste, athletic but not too hard. You cruising on the highway to and from the already mentioned shift knob comes into play. He is small and short, just like the switching paths.

From my perspective, flashy and a little problem: The engine is just when the radio is out in the city, clearly audible. Either he tinkers particularly loud or the insulation is very thin, but the noise level is certainly noticeably lower. The New Honda CR-V, see photo above, the 2.2 i-DTEC has been working much quieter - will certainly soon a sound update for the Accord pending.

Have fun at the 2.2 i-DTEC makes: The consumption. He was, according to my calculation with the Road Trip app actually only 5.8 liters per 100 km and agrees surprisingly, almost identical to the manufacturer's specification (5.7)! The route led over 14 days over more than 3,500 kilometers, the driving style was suitable for the Accord Type S more athletic than foresight. Who the low value seems unrealistic, a look at my stats / TankLog should throw.

Conclusion

So all I can not understand why the Honda Accord is still so rarely found on German roads: Actually, he would like the Civic and CR-V meet more frequently or are at the lights. In the division of (business) suits the Accord comes very close to some competitors as the German premium manufacturers approach: The look is sporty, stylish and non-intrusive, in addition to the good driving behavior convinces with advanced assistance systems.The largest diesel with 180 hp should make for pretty much any purpose enough for propulsion, the consumption is in the fast-paced life with about 6 liters and can be reduced with a moderate driving style even further. Up to a few point deductions when not quite contemporary multimedia system and a little too short Come clarity in the cockpit of Accord is a companion for those who travel many miles quickly and efficiently, while zuladen still want to look good!

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